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| − | =Why Japan entered the war=
| + | As Charlie Sheen says, this aticlre is WINNING! |
| − | Here are some notes I made on Japan's original intentions in the war and such. As a reminder for myself to what their future goals may be.
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| − | I also like the idea of summoning dark depth powers alot. I can see this creating a neat bridge with the Germans in the "Tripartite Pact".
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| − | here are my notes to add to the mix...
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| − | :* Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy were also allies of Japan through the Tripartite Pact, and some of their naval forces operated in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean between 1940 and 1945.
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| − | :* There is no evidence that Japan ever intended to directly administer China or that Japan's actions in China were part of a program of world domination. Rather, Japan's goals in China (strongly influenced by 19th century European colonialism) were to maintain a secure supply of natural resources and to have friendly and pliable governments in China that would not act against Japanese interests.
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| − | :* Japan is having an upsurge in nationalism and Anti-European feeling, including the development of a belief that Japanese policies in China could be justified by racial theories. One popular idea with similarities to the Identity movement was that Japan and not China was the true heir of Classical Chinese civilization.
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| − | :* In 1939 the Japanese were soudly defeated in the Battle of Halhin Gol by a mixed Soviet and Mongolian force led by Georgy Zhukov. This stopped Japanese expansion to the North and Japan and the Soviet Union kept uneasy peace until 1945.
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| − | :* Japan's grand strategy was based on the premise that it could not survive a war against the European powers without secure sources of natural resources, yet to secure those resources it decided to undertake the war that it knew it could not win in the first place. Moreover, Japanese actions such as its brutality in China, and its practice of first setting up, and then undermining puppet governments in China, were clearly antithetical to Japan's overall goals, and yet the country persisted in them anyway. Finally, this march to self-destruction is remarkable in that many individuals within the Japanese political and military elite realized these self-destructive consequences, but were unable to do anything about the situation.
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| − | :* Although Japan was deeply mired in a quagmire, Japan's reaction to its situation was to turn to increasingly more brutal and depraved actions in the hope that sheer terror, including massive use of chemical weapons and biological weapons against civilians and use of living civilians for medical and chemical experiments, would break the will of the Chinese population.
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| − | :* In an effort to discourage Japan's war efforts in China, the United States, United Kingdom, and the goverment in exile of the Netherlands (still in control of the oil-rich Dutch East Indies) stopped trading oil and steel (both war staples) with Japan. Japan saw this as an act of aggression, as without these resources Japan's military machine would grind to a halt.
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| − | :* Although Japan knew that it could not win a sustained and prolonged war against the United States, It was the Japanese hope that, faced with this sudden and massive defeat, the United States would agree to a negotiated settlement that would allow Japan to have free reign in China. (this calculated gamble did not pay off; the United States refused to negotiate)
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| − | : GOAL: Negotiate open trading and free reign in China.
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| − | : '''[PEARL HARBOR +3]''' Two major British warships (the HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales) were sunk by a Japanese air attack off Malaya on December 10, 1941.
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| − | : '''[PEARL HARBOR +4]''' Four days after Pearl Harbor, on December 11, Nazi Germany declared war on the United States, drawing America inito a two0theater war. In 1941, Japan had only a fraction of the manufacturing capacity of the United States, and was therefore percieved as a lesser threat than Germany.
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| − | : By this time, General Douglas MacArthur, who had been appointed Supreme Allied Commander South West Pacific, had relocated his headquarters to Australia. The US Navy, under Admiral Chester Nimitz, had responsibility for the rest of the Pacific Ocean.
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| − | : Germany's technological and scientific capabilities were generally considered to be up to a decade ahead of the United States. In Germany, projects were underway or would begin shortly on long range bombers, Intercontinental ballistic missle, super battleships with 24 inch guns, and even the atomic bomb.
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| − | Still, the declaration of war was at a time when Germany was significantly ahead in military capacity only in the limited areas of submarines, tactical ground attack aircraft and fast land based armor (tanks).
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| − | : '''The Tripartite Pact aka. the Three-Power Pact'''
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| − | : Was signed in Berlin on September 27 1940 by representatives of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Empire of Japan. The agreement formalized the Axis Powers' parnership, and can be read as a warning to the United States to remain neutral in WWII or become involved in a war on two fronts.
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| − | : In the pact the three nations agreed that forthe next 10 years (1940-1950) they would "stand by and co-operated with one another in... their prime purpse to establish and maintain a new order of things... to promote the mutual prosperity and welfare ofthe peoples concerned".
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| − | : '''Pearl Harbor Loses:'''
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| − | ::* 8 US Battleships hit, 5 sunk
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| − | ::* 3 cruisers
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| − | ::* 3 destroyers
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| − | ::* 188 planes
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| − | ::* 29 Japanese planes
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| − | ::* Isoroku Yamamoto: Japan's Architect, top admiral, predicted this would allow 6 months to act unchecked in the Pacific. Troops invaded Malaya, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. "Advancing everywhere at once"
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| − | : '''January 1, 1942'''
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| − | :: 26 nations declare formation of the United Nations to fight the Axis.
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| − | : '''April, 1942'''
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| − | :: Japan decided to destroy the US carrier fleet (again) to make America comprimise. Invading Aleutians and Midway to lure US carriers into a showdown.
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| − | : '''May 8, 1942'''
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| − | :: the first carrier vs. carrier battle rages. Japan wins the duel sinking the USS Lexington, but loses the battle ultimately because of extreme loses of planes and troops.
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| − | ==PREVIOUS ROSTER==
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| − | * '''[[SUBJECT SIX]]''' (aka. '''???''') <br> . ... (as played by karl) Subject Six - former Navy man, changed by experiments to make him and 5 other candidates into perfect seamen. Now with flight, strenght and super swimmy abilities he fights for Mr. Roosevelt's ANOM squad.
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| − | * '''[[MAL]]''' (aka. '''???''') <br> . ... (as played by wayne) Mal - another bit American injinuity at work, Mal has been turned into an experimental Vampire from a captured villainess. His blood rage grows but he keeps it in check fighting for Uncle Sam.
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| − | * '''[[DR. OBLONGATO]]''' (aka. '''Dr. Abdul Oblongato''') <br> . ... (as played by john) Dr. Oblongata - British mentalist that's been signed over to FDR for his "ANOM" progam. Unknown to many the good doctor is actually an illusion cast around a floating machine - he is a "BRAIN IN A JAR"!!
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| − | * '''[[DEVIL DOG]]''' (aka. '''???''') <br> . ... (as played by bill) Devil Dog & Kirby - the true American Marine given strange abilities of super senses that have aided him in becoming a super soldier. Although the same wounding accident took his site and he now has the aid of the Cerebus Program better known as his canine companion Kirby.
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| − | ** '''[KIRBY]''' (aka. '''Cerebus Mk III''')
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